Submitted by Irene Nascimento (irene.kessia@ufpe.br) on 2016-07-15T17:42:30Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) TESE - CCCM.pdf: 883367 bytes, checksum: 980881f53c58bb3c4c15d77603a8e1fc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-15T17:42:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) TESE - CCCM.pdf: 883367 bytes, checksum: 980881f53c58bb3c4c15d77603a8e1fc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-12 / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo defender a tese da maior promoção da autonomia da vontade como elemento de conexão no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, no que se refere à regulamentação dos contratos internacionais. Diante desta finalidade, a pesquisa analisa as possibilidades de harmonização e de uniformização do Direito Internacional Privado (DIPr) no século XXI em matéria de comércio internacional, e o posicionamento adotado pelos principais institutos internacionais que promovem as técnicas de harmonização e uniformização de modo a contemplar a autonomia da vontade na escolha da lei aplicável. A partir da abordagem das convenções e tratados internacionais emanados destes institutos, busca-se demonstrar o caminho trilhado em direção ao reconhecimento do princípio da autonomia da vontade como elemento principal na escolha da lei aplicável ao contrato internacional de comércio. Para atingir esse fim, realizou-se um estudo correlacionado da UNCITRAL, da Convenção de Roma de 1980, da Convenção do México de 1994, dos INCOTERMS e do UNIDROIT com o intuito de demonstrar a urgência do reconhecimento da autonomia da vontade das partes na escolha da lei aplicável ao contrato internacional pelo Brasil, propondo ao fim uma redação moderna e atualizada para reformar a LINDB de 2010. / This work aims to defend the thesis of further promotion of the autonomy of will as a connecting element in brazilian law, in relation to the regulation of international contracts. Given this purpose, the search starts from the analysis of the possibilities of harmonization and unification of the norms of Private International Law (PrIL) in the twenty-first century in international trade, and the position adopted by major international institutions that promote technical harmonization and standardization in order to include the autonomy of will to choose the applicable law. From the approach of the international conventions and treaties emanating from these institutes, seeks to demonstrate the path taken towards the recognition of the principle of the autonomy of will as a key element in the choice of the law applicable to international trade. To achieve this, it conducted a study correlated of the UNCITRAL, the Rome Convention of 1980, the Mexico Convention of 1994, the INCOTERMS and the UNIDROIT in order to demonstrate the urgency of the recognition, by the brazilian law, of the parties autonomy of will to choose the applicable law to the international contracts, finally proposing a modern and an updated essay to reform the LINDB 2010.

Si la jurisprudence n’a pas définitivement condamné l’ordre public de proximité, son champ d’application ne cesse de se restreindre, à tel point qu’il est devenu possible de s’interroger sur l’existence d’une condamnation implicite de ce mécanisme. Cette situation impose d’envisager son avenir dans la théorie générale du droit international privé. En dépit de la récurrence de sa critique en doctrine, l’ordre public de proximité n’est pas dépourvu d’utilité et il apparaît possible, par une réinterprétation de son fonctionnement d’ensemble, de dépasser la crainte qu’il opère une mutation du rôle dévolu à l’exception d’ordre public et favorise le développement du relativisme culturel. Cette possible réhabilitation de l’ordre public de proximité ne doit pas, cependant, conduire à penser que le mécanisme serait sans défaut. Sa confrontation aux évolutions du droit international privé et à la possible mutation de l’exception d’ordre public rend ainsi compte d’une certaine inadaptation. Surtout, le passage vers une logique hiérarchique, nécessaire afin de dépasser la critique relativiste, fait craindre un désintérêt total pour la norme étrangère. Dès lors, le mécanisme semble se construire en marge de la théorie de l’ordre public et il devient nécessaire d’envisager son dépassement. La reformulation de la théorie de l’effet atténué pourrait se présenter comme une solution efficace. Il conviendra, cependant, de veiller à ce que le raisonnement à l’œuvre soit fondé sur une mise en balance des différents intérêts en cause. Par conséquent, si l’ordre public de proximité ne peut plus exister comme mécanisme autonome, la condition de proximité doit demeurer et contribuer au développement de la proportionnalité comme technique de mise en œuvre de l’effet atténué. / Although case law has not entirely ruled out the theory of the “ordre public de proximité”, it’s scope has constantly been decreased to the point that it is now impossible to question it’s fall from grace. Hence pushing for a study of it’s future existence in the general theory of privateinternational law. In spite of recurrent criticism from Doctrine sources, the “ordre public de proximité” has not become useless. A renewed interpretation of its overall functioning is needed to overcome the fear of taking over the role of the public policy exception and therefore encouraging cultural relativism.However, considering the rehabilitation of the “ordre public de proximité” should not misguide us into thinking it is flawless. When confronted to the evolution of private interational law and a possible mutation of the public policy exception, the inadaptability of this principle becomesobvious. More specifically when transiting toward a logical ranking of values as necessairy for it’s effective functioning, one may fear a lack of consideration for the foreign norm. As a consequence, the “ordre public de proximité” seems to build itself outside of the public policytheory highlighting the need to consider it’s overcoming. Redefining the theory of the so-called “effet atténué” (limited effect) could represente an effective solution on condition that this system is founded on the balance of interest. In conclusion, if the “ordre public de proximité” cannot exist as an independent mechanism, the proximity condition must remain and support the development of proportionality as the reasoning method for the application of the so-called “effet atténué”.

Companies in private international law Abstract The purpose of my thesis is to analyze the regulation of companies in private international law with the focus on the possibilities of cross-border movement of companies. In today's globalized society, the mobility of companies affects both economy of the state and lives of the employees, creditors and other parties. It is therefore subject to regulation. State's conflict of laws rules are based on two main methods to determine the status of the company, i.e. the incorporation doctrine and the real seat doctrine. These two doctrines are clashing in many aspects. The thesis is composed of an introduction, followed by five chapters, and a summary. Chapter One is introductory and defines basic terminology used in the thesis: the terms company and private international law. The second chapter explains the concept of status of a company and analyses the incorporation theory, the theory of real seat and the theory of super-addition. It also deals with the cross-border transfer of seat. Chapter Three examines Czech legislation regarding the personal status of a company. It explains the historical background and recent Czech concept of the incorporation theory, addresses the issue of seat in Czech law and investigates the regulation of cross-border transfer of seat....

This master's thesis is concerned with international contracts for construction of industrial works. The aim of this work is to present to its readers the international aspects of this business transaction and to analyze the legal regime of international contracts for construction of industrial works from the perspective of the Czech law applicable on such contracts. Furthermore, the thesis discusses the use of standard conditions of contracts and their role in overcoming the differences between laws of different states. International construction contracting was chosen as a subject of this thesis because it belongs among vividly developing areas of international business. By the nature of its subject the thesis uses mostly analytical, descriptive and comparative legal research methods. However, the thesis does not stop at mere description of its subject, but points its reader's attention to the most salient and problematic features of it. The thesis is divided into four chapters, introduction and conclusion. For better clarity chapters are further structured into sections. First chapter familiarizes the reader with basic terms relating to construction of industrial works. A substantial part of the thesis is devoted to this chapter because interpretation of basic terms is often neglected or differs...

Doctor Legum - LLD / The Member States of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have set as their objectives, amongst others, the facilitation of cross-border movement of goods between the territories of the Member States and the promotion of the integration of Member States into the global economy through enhanced trade and investment. Different approaches to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments by Member States and the risk of non-enforcement may lead to legal uncertainty and increased transaction cost for prospective traders, which ultimately act as non-tariff barriers to trade in the region. Trade is critical to Southern Africa, and the ideal is that barriers to trade, of which uncertainty concerning the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments among Member States is one, should be removed. Certainty, predictability, security of transactions, effective remedies and cost are important considerations in investment decision-making; and clear rules for allocating international jurisdiction and providing definite and expedited means of enforcing foreign judgments will facilitate intraregional as well as interregional trade. In addition to trade facilitation, a harmonised recognition and enforcement regime will consolidate economic and political integration in the SACU. An effective scheme for the mutual recognition and enforcement of civil judgments has been regarded as a feature of any economic integration initiative likely to achieve significant integration. While the harmonisation of the rules on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments has been given priority in other regional economic communities, in particularly the European Union, any similar effort to harmonise the rules on recognition and enforcement of Member States have been conspicuously absent in the SACU – a situation which needs to receive immediate attention. The thesis considers the approaches followed by the European Union with the Brussels Regime, the federal system of the United States of America under the ‘full faith and credit clause’; the inter-state recognition scheme under the Australia and New Zealand Trans-Tasman judicial system; as well as the convention-approach of the Latin American States. It finds that the most suitable approach for the SACU is the negotiation and adoption by all SACU Member States of a multilateral convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, comparable to the 1971 Convention of the Hague Conference on Private International Law; the EU Brussels I Regulation and the Latin-American Montevideo Convention, as complemented by the La Paz Convention. It is imperative that a proposed convention should not merely duplicate previous efforts, but should be drafted in the light of the legal, political and socio-economic characteristics of the SACU Member States. The current legislative provisions in force in SACU Member States are compared and analysed, and the comparison and analysis form the basis of a proposal for a future instrument on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments for the region. A recommended draft text for a proposed Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments for the SACU is included. This draft text could form the basis for future negotiations by SACU Member States. / South Africa

Que l’on appréhende le droit uniforme sous l’angle du droit international privé ou que l’on mesure les incidences de la vision communautaire du droit uniforme sur l’évolution du droit international privé des Etats membres, les interactions entre droit uniforme africain et droit international privé peuvent se résumer aux constats suivants. La simple uniformisation du droit entre des Etats se révèle insuffisante à éliminer ou à résorber les conflits de lois et au-delà l’ensemble des difficultés suscitées par l’élément d’extranéité à savoir les conflits de juridictions, la condition des étrangers … Les raisons en sont notamment que l’unification du droit (règles de fond et règles de procédure) n’a jamais pu être totale, des points irréductibles pouvant se révéler insurmontables au stade de la conception des règles uniformes mais aussi l’uniformisation pouvant s’altérer par la suite, lors de son application, du fait de divers facteurs. Les législateurs supranationaux ont donc dû accompagner, le plus souvent, les règles uniformes de fond de règles uniformes de droit international privé de sorte qu’on conclut, en droit uniforme africain, à l’émergence d’un droit international privé d’origine communautaire. Secrété par un droit, lui-même spécifique, se situant à l’intersection du droit international et du droit interne, du droit public et du droit privé, le droit international privé issu du droit uniforme africain sera lui aussi nécessairement spécifique dans sa conception, dans ses méthodes, outils ou instruments même s’il fait preuve à certains égards d’un certain classicisme. Son avènement a bouleversé les assises du droit international privé interne des Etats membres et au delà celles de la discipline du droit international privé elle-même. Toutefois, ce droit international privé, encore en gestation, reste lacunaire dans ses outils et instruments et doit prendre nécessairement appui sur celui des Etats membres comme une nécessité vitale. / Either uniform law is seen from the point of view of the private international law or either one assesses the impact of the communal vision of uniform law on the evolution of private international law of member states, the interactions between African uniform law and private international law can all be summed up as follows. A mere unification of laws between some states is not enough to eliminate or solve conflicts of laws and all the difficulties brought about by foreign origin element, such as jurisdiction disputes, foreigners legal status,… The reasons of this situation are that the unification of law (content and procedure rules) has never been total because some indomitable points may prove to be insurmountable at the level of the drafting of uniform rules, but also because the unification of laws can deteriorate further on during its implementation due to various factors. Therefore, the supranational lawmakers have often had to back up the uniform content rules with the uniform rules of private international laws. This leads, in the African uniform law to the emergence of a private international law with a communal origin. The private international law deriving from African uniform law will also be specific in its conception, its methods, its tools or instrument, even if to some extent, it shows some classicism. This is because the private international law deriving from the African uniform law has been fathered by a law which is specific in itself because it stands between international and home law, between public and private law. Its advent has upset the basics of the international home law of member states but also the basics of the private international law itself. However, this private international law which is still in its gestation period still has some weaknesses in its instruments and rules and must necessarily lean on that of member states as it is a vital necessity.

Esta pesquisa foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de compreender o instituto denominado duty to mitigate the loss, desenvolvido no direito inglês e positivado no direito internacional privado pela Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre a Compra e Venda Internacional de Mercadorias (Convenção de Viena de 1980) e, posteriormente, incorporado ao ordenamento jurídico interno pelo Decreto Presidencial nº 8.327, de 16 de outubro de 2014, em razão da adesão do Estado brasileiro à referida convenção das Nações Unidas. Ao mesmo tempo, o presente estudo dirige-se à análise da compatibilidade desse instituto estrangeiro com o ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, em especial com o direito do trabalho, o que se faz a partir da análise das decisões proferidas no âmbito da Justiça do Trabalho brasileira pelos Tribunais Regionais que compõem a jurisdição trabalhista de primeira instância e as decisões finais dadas pelo Tribunal Superior do Trabalho. / This research was developed in order to understand the institute called "duty to mitigate the loss", developed in English law and established in private international law by the United Nations Convention on the International Sale and Purchase of Goods (1980 Vienna Convention) And subsequently incorporated into the domestic legal system by Presidential Decree no. 8,327 of October 16, 2014, due to the adhesion of the Brazilian State to said United Nations convention. At the same time and mainly, the present study is directed to the analysis of the compatibility of this foreign institute with the Brazilian legal system and, in particular, its application in national labor law, which was done from its application in the field of labor justice by the regional courts that make up the labor jurisdiction of first instance, and the final word speak about by Superior Labor Court of Brazil.

Les mondes virtuels multi-joueurs sont des jeux à trois dimensions. Leurs utilisateurs s’adonnent depuis plusieurs années à plusieurs activités en se transférant des objets virtuels créés ou achetés dans les mondes virtuels dont ils revendiquent la propriété. Ces objets appelés «biens virtuels» n’ont d’existence qu’en ligne et peuvent prendre n’importe quelle forme (avatars, vaisseaux spatiaux, etc.). Bien que le marché des transactions de biens virtuels représente un important impact économique, social et juridique sur l’ensemble de la consommation, ces «biens» ne sont pourtant pas juridiquement reconnus, ni protégés par la loi ou par la jurisprudence en Amérique du Nord et en Europe, seuls les contrats de licence rédigés par les développeurs régissent leurs utilisations. Or, les conflits dans ce domaine peuvent devenir très complexes, car les rencontres virtuelles donnent lieu à une grande variété d’activités et sont créatrices de liens de droit entre des internautes qui peuvent se trouver physiquement à l’autre bout de la planète pour se rencontrer virtuellement dans l’environnement du cyberespace. Ainsi, les effets dommageables de ces activités vont se manifester en dehors du réseau. Puisque dans ces cas, l’espace virtuel et l'espace matériel sont interconnectés, on se pose la question suivante : quelle est la loi applicable aux transferts de "biens virtuels"? Pour traiter d’une question litigieuse en droit international privé, il faut passer par l’étape préalable de la qualification juridique de l’objet du litige, ici les biens virtuels, afin d’être en mesure de le rattacher à un régime juridique et à la règle de conflit applicable selon ce régime. Les biens virtuels, immatériels par essence, n’existent pas réellement. Techniquement parlant ce sont des représentations graphiques de codes sources enregistrés dans le logiciel du monde virtuel. Ainsi, l’existence juridique de l’objet virtuel en tant que «bien» est controversée en droit civil, car elle dépend de la conception stricte (traditionnelle) ou élargie (moderne) que l’on adopte du droit de propriété. En admettant que les biens virtuels soient reconnus en droit des biens, les règles de conflits de lois applicables à cette matière portent beaucoup d’importance sur la situation matérielle du bien pour la localisation du rapport de droits, ce qui rend très difficile la recherche de solution des conflits de lois dans notre matière. Ainsi, l’application du principe de l’autonomie tend à s’élargir aux questions de droits réels, mais cette solution n’est pas satisfaisante pour les tiers. Dès lors, il convient de se rallier à la doctrine contemporaine qui critique la référence générale à la règle de rattachement localisatrice dans des situations nouvelles et spécifiques empreintes de difficultés de localisation afin d’appliquer préférablement le régime de propriété intellectuelle, adoptée spécifiquement pour les biens immatériels. L’application de la loi sur les droits d’auteur est plus adaptée aux biens virtuels en tant qu’oeuvre de l’esprit, parce que les droits ne se trouvent pas limités par l’inexistence de cet objet et parce que les règles de conflits propres au droit d’auteur d’origine conventionnelle permettent une protection internationale du droit d’auteur. / Multi-player virtual worlds are three-dimensional games. Over the past few years, players have been engaging in various activities involving the transfer of virtual objects that they have themselves created or purchased in these virtual worlds and over which they claim ownership. The objects, called “virtual goods”, exist only in the online world and may take any number of forms (e.g. avatars, space ships, etc.). Although the market for virtual property has important economic, social and legal impacts on consumption, these “goods” are neither recognized by the law, nor protected by North American or European legislation or jurisprudence; only the licensing contracts drafted by the developers regulate their uses. However, conflicts that arise in this domain may grow very complex since virtual interactions give rise to a great variety of activities and create legal relationships between the cybernauts who meet in the virtual environment of cyberspace although they may bephysically located on either ends of the planet. Thus, the adverse effects of these activities may manifest themselves outside of the cyber environment. Since the virtual world and the physical world are interconnected in these cases, we have to ask the following question : what law should apply to the transfer of the “virtual goods”In order to answer contentious questions that arise under private international law, one must first go through the initial step of juridically qualifying the objects in question, here the virtual goods, in order to be able to assign them to a specific legal regime and to the specific conflict of laws rules that apply under that regime. Virtual goods – inherently immaterial – do not really exist:they are graphic representations of source code embedded in the software of the virtual world. Thus, the legal characterization of the virtual objects as “property” is controversial under civil law because it depends on whether one adopts a strict (traditional) concept of property law or a more expansive (modern) concept. Even if virtual goods were to be recognized under property law, since the conflict of laws rules applicable to property law place a lot of importance on the physical location of the property in order to determine the legal attachment, this renders the search for a solution to the conflict of laws in this area very difficult. Application of the principleof contractual autonomy therefore provides greater scope in determining property rights, butthis solution may not be satisfactory to third parties. Thus, it is useful to turn to the contemporary doctrine that criticizes the general application of the rule of physical attachment to particular and novel contexts that present difficulties in determining the location of the property and instead applies the intellectual property regime which is specifically designed to deal with incorporeal goods. Copyright law is better suited to virtual goods as creations of the mind since its application is not hampered by the non-existence of the goods and because the conflict of laws rules applicable to traditional copyright lawprovide international protection for copyrights.

Tirant les conséquences du constat, devenu banal, de la libéralisation du droit international privé contemporain, une tentative de systématisation de la matière peut être entreprise à partir du contexte néolibéral qui est désormais le sien. La doctrine néolibérale à l’œuvre en Europe, et trouvant sa source dans l’ordolibéralisme allemand, préconise un interventionnisme juridique constant afin de construire un marché et d’en généraliser la logique à l’ensemble des rapports sociaux. En conséquence, les moyens offerts aux individus pour satisfaire les intérêts privés sont accrus alors que, dans le même temps, l’État développe et défend un intérêt public pour la bonne tenue des relations privées. Un phénomène de prévalence des intérêts parcourt ainsi le droit international privé. Il consiste en une multiplication des habilitations, tant à destination des parties que du juge, leur conférant le pouvoir de satisfaire, respectivement, l’intérêt privé et l’intérêt public. À la généralisation du principe d’autonomie bien au-delà de la matière contractuelle et au-delà de la détermination de la loi applicable, dans la détermination de la compétence juridictionnelle, répond ainsi une généralisation du recours aux lois de police, à l’ordre public international, au for de nécessité ou à différentes formes de forum non conveniens. Mais, le phénomène de prévalence des intérêts multipliant les risques de conflits d’intérêts, il rend nécessaire une discipline de coordination des intérêts. Cette discipline repose sur deux fondements complémentaires : la supériorité ontologique de l’intérêt public, d’une part, et conception privatiste du droit international privé, d’autre part. Alors que la supériorité ontologique de l’intérêt public implique sa supériorité sur l’intérêt privé, la conception privatiste du droit international privé impose, en retour, l’interprétation stricte des méthodes de satisfaction de l’intérêt public. Là se trouve l’équilibre. Cependant, l’étude du droit positif laisse apparaître des hypothèses de dé-coordination des intérêts résultant, notamment, du déclenchement de l’exception d’ordre public international lorsqu’il inclut des droits garantis par la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme et de la paralysie des lois de police par le choix de la juridiction compétente. Un intérêt prévaut alors indûment sur l’autre. Pour y remédier et re-coordonner les intérêts, il est proposé de recourir à un raisonnement en proportionnalité de manière à rétablir la place normalement échue à chacun d’eux. / This study aims to propose a systematization of Private International Law from the European neoliberal context, based on the German ordoliberalism. This doctrine recommends a permanent legal interventionism to build a market and generalizes this logic to every social relation. Therefore, the means offered to individuals to satisfy their private interests are increased while, at the same time, the State actively defends a public interest in private relations. Thus, Private International Law is permeated by a phenomenon of primacy of interests. It leads to a rise of power-conferring norms, both for parties and the judge, to respectively satisfy private and public interests. Yet, this phenomenon increases the potential for conflict of interests and requires a method of coordination of interests based on two complementary principles: the ontological superiority of public interest, and the private conception of Private International Law. The analysis of positive law reveals some situations of dis-coordination of interests that could be overruled by the use of proportionality to restore the role properly assigned to each of them.

Cyberspace produces friction when the law is implemented by domestic courts using 'state-laws'. These laws are based on a ‘physical presence’ of an individual within the territory. It elevates conflicts relating to cyberspace jurisdiction. This research examines private international law complications associated with cyberspace. The paradigm of libel that takes place within the domain of social media is used to evaluate the utility of traditional laws. This research is conducted using ‘black-letter’ methodology, keeping in mind the changes constituted by the Defamation Act 2013. It pinpoints that the instantaneous nature of social media communication demands an unambiguous exercise of 'personal-jurisdiction', beyond the doctrine of territoriality. An innovation to the code of Civil Procedure is recommended to revise the process of service for non-EU defendants. The permission to serve a writ via social networks (or to the relevant Embassy of the defendant’s domicile state), can accelerate the traditional judicial process. This thesis can be utilised as a roadmap by libel victims for preliminary information. It contributes to the knowledge by discovering that the thresholds under Section 1 and Section 9 of the Defamation Act 2013 overlap with the conventional ‘forum-conveniens’ tests. This crossover is causing legal uncertainty in the application of existing rules to the digital libel proceedings. Section 1 and Section 9 thresholds do not fulfil the purpose of eliminating ‘libel-tourism’ and maintaining a balance between speech freedom and reputation rights. They raised the bar for potential victims and restricted their rights to justice. It is proposed that the traditional ‘conveniens test’ must be used for social media libel victims to produce legal certainty in cyberspace defamation.